The agency waived environmental requirements to expedite construction.
Customs and Border Protection awarded a $309,463,000 contract to Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. last week, to construct 27 miles of border wall near Tucson, Arizona. The agency stated that environmental requirements for construction practices have been waived to expedite the completion of the project.
“The Tucson Sector is an area of high illegal-entry attempts and experiences large numbers of individuals and narcotics being smuggled into the country illegally,” CBP stated. “Continuing border wall construction in Tucson will support the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to impede and deny illegal border crossings and the drug and human smuggling activities of transnational criminal organizations.”
This is the second contract President Trump’s administration has awarded since his second term began. The funding was approved by Congress in 2021 to “close critical openings in the border wall”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For President Trump and administration officials as they seek to increase national security through border protection.
- For Secretary Noem and Acting CBP Commissioner Pete Flores as they implement border security policies.
Sources: UPI News, USA Today
